JoJo
Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990), known professionally as JoJo, is an American singer and actress. She began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child. In 2003, record producer Vincent Herbert noticed her after she competed on the television show America's Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records. After signing with the label, JoJo released her eponymous debut studio album in 2004. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over four million copies worldwide to date. With her debut single "Leave (Get Out)" peaking atop the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, JoJo became the youngest solo artist in history to top the chart at age 13. The song peaked at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA along with its follow-up single "Baby It's You". Her second studio album The High Road (2006) spawned her first top-five Hot 100 hit "Too Little Too Late", peaking at number three, becoming her first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA. The album was later certified gold, selling over three million copies worldwide to date. Record label disputes delayed JoJo from commercially releasing her third studio album; she released two mixtapes independently, Can't Take That Away from Me (2010) and Agápē (2012). After her contractual release, JoJo signed with Atlantic Records in 2014 and released her first commercial EP III (2015), followed by her third studio album Mad Love (2016), which became her third top-ten album in the US. She left Atlantic in 2017 and founded her record label Clover Music through a joint venture with Warner Records, where she re-recorded and re-released her debut and second albums as the label's first project in 2018. JoJo's fourth studio album Good to Know was released in May 2020, preceded by its first single, "Man". In October, she released her first Christmas album called December Baby. By 2007, JoJo had sold more than seven million records worldwide, including 2.1 million albums and four million digital downloads in the United States. In addition to her music career, JoJo has also pursued an acting career. In 2006, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Aquamarine and R.V. alongside Robin Williams. She has also had guest appearances on the television shows The Bernie Mac Show (2002), American Dreams (2004), Romeo! (2006), Hawaii Five-0 (2011) and Lethal Weapon (2017). Other films JoJo has appeared in include the Lifetime Television film True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (2008) and G.B.F. (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article JoJo (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · A Very Demi Holiday Special as Self - Performer
- 2022 · The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2021 · Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · I Can See Your Voice as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Black Swan
- 2018 · All American as Sabine
- 2016 · VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night as Self
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Shaye
- 2016 · Wonderland as Self
- 2016 · Kocktails With Khloé as Self
- 2014 · G.B.F. as Soledad Braunstein
- 2011 · Ridiculousness as Self
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Courney Russell
- 2008 · True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet as Morgan Carter / Claudia Miller
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · JoJo: The Pop Princess as Herself
- 2006 · Robin Williams: A Family Affair as Self
- 2006 · Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy as Self
- 2006 · RV as Cassie Munro
- 2006 · Aquamarine as Hailey Rogers
- 2006 · The Great Music Caper as Dizzy (voice)
- 2005 · Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- 2004 · Christmas in Washington as
- 2003 · Top of the Pops Saturday as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Musical Guest
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · American Dreams as Linda Ronstadt
- 2002 · Developing Sheldon as Young Elizabeth
- 2001 · The Bernie Mac Show as Michelle Cooper
- 1997 · The View as Self - Musical Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1982 · Christmas in Washington as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self